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After listening to Shaw Yifu's report, Lin Haoran couldn't help but sigh: "Sixth Uncle, you are really the best manager of TVB. If I were in charge, I would never be able to make TVB achieve its current results!"

This was indeed Lin Haoran's inner thought. He was not good at management and had never intended to interfere too much in the management of TVB. Otherwise, Run Run Shaw would not have had the opportunity to become the chairman.

“That’s not the case. Without the excellent suggestions you made before, TVB might not have achieved such success today.” Run Run Shaw said with a smile.

"Let's not be modest to each other. Anyway, I feel at ease with Uncle Six on TVB's side. From now on, I can just be a shareholder with peace of mind." Lin Haoran laughed.

"By the way, Haoran, what exactly do you want to say tonight?" Shao Yifu has been curious about this matter since he received Lin Haoran's call in the morning.

Now that he had finally met Lin Haoran, he naturally could no longer hold back and asked, wanting to know what kind of speech the other party was going to make to the citizens on TV.

"Uncle Six, you also know that recently my newspapers such as Sing Tao Daily and Huaqiao Daily have been deliberately misleading the public, saying that I am not optimistic about Hong Kong's future and so on. As a result, the entire real estate industry in Hong Kong has suddenly stalled, which has put me under great pressure from public opinion.

If I don't respond, the real estate industry in Hong Kong will really be in crisis because of me, so I came here tonight for this reason, I don't want to be the target of everyone's criticism. "Lin Haoran didn't elaborate, but he also explained the general purpose of his visit.

Shao Yifu suddenly realized.

The Shaw Brothers have always focused on the film and television industry, and they have little exposure to the real estate industry.

Despite this, Shaw was not completely ignorant.

As one of Hong Kong's business tycoons, he naturally has many friends in the real estate industry.

Even people like Bao Yugang and Li Jiacheng had a good relationship with Run Run Shaw.

Especially Bao Yugang, they are not only two of the richest people in Hong Kong, but they are also high school alumni and true fellow villagers.

"Indeed, I have been in the Hong Kong business community for decades, and I am no longer surprised by the Hong Kong media. Although Hong Kong is a place with freedom of speech, it is precisely because of freedom of speech that the Hong Kong media is also uneven, creating fake news, guiding public opinion, etc., which is no longer surprising to me.

For something like yours, you really need to fight back. Otherwise, even though the media is the one who started it, everyone will only blame you in the end. Most importantly, there are so many real estate companies in Hong Kong, and many people will probably put the blame on you!" Shao Yifu approved of Lin Haoran's intention.

Born in 1907, Run Run Shaw is now 74 years old and has been working in Hong Kong's business world for two or three decades.

Therefore, he naturally had a lot of experience, and he was no longer surprised by things like what Lin Haoran encountered.

Things like this happen in Hong Kong every year. It is also rare that some businessmen with insufficient financial strength lose their fortunes due to public opinion.

Therefore, it was a very wise choice for Lin Haoran to acquire Oriental Daily News and invest in TVB.

The reason why Sing Tao Daily, Chinese Daily and Commercial Daily have been jumping up and down in the past few days but have not directly fought back is because they are confident and are not worried about being used.

In Lin Haoran's view, these media are nothing but clowns.

Otherwise, if he had allowed Oriental Daily and TVB to fight back on the first day, media outlets like Sing Tao Daily would not have been able to cause any waves at all.

Of course, by doing this, they actually provided Lin Haoran with a lot of help.

It was because of them that the Hong Kong Land Group successfully acquired five plots of land actually worth HK$50 to HK$60 billion for only HK$3 billion.

This could be said to be a coincidence, even Lin Haoran did not expect it.

This is also the reason why he is not in a hurry to come forward.

If he had come forward to dispel the rumors earlier, those pieces of government land would not have been taken over so easily by him!
Next, Run Run Shaw took Lam Ho-yan to inspect several important departments of TVB.

During the chat, Run Run Shaw also talked about tonight's New Year's Eve party, which is TVB's most important program in the near future. They have been preparing for it for nearly a month.

In order to compete, ATV also created a New Year's Day Gala.

In order to regain its viewership, ATV is now working very hard.

TVB, of course, cannot be negligent, otherwise its hard-earned leading position may be taken away in an instant.

Shao Yifu agreed to reserve such important prime time for Lin Haoran in advance without knowing what speech Lin Haoran would make, which was very considerate of Lin Haoran.

"Sixth Uncle, don't worry. The time I take up tonight will definitely not cause the ratings of our Jade Channel to drop. There is even a great chance that it will increase the ratings of our TV station." Lin Haoran said with a smile.

Jade Channel is TVB's flagship TV station and also the TV station with the highest ratings.

The biggest credit for TVB's high overall ratings is definitely due to Jade Channel, which accounts for the vast majority of the ratings.

Lin Haoran is still very confident that Jade Channel will have higher ratings tonight.

At the press conference in the afternoon, he had already mentioned that he would be giving a speech on TVB Jade Channel tonight.

By now, it is estimated that the news has already spread all over Hong Kong. As Lin Haoran is very influential in Hong Kong, he has definitely aroused the curiosity of many people.

I wonder what breaking news he will reveal.

In this way, the ratings will naturally be increased.

"Of course I believe it. From this real estate crisis, I can feel how great your influence is. It's true that the new generation pushes the old generation forward, and each generation is stronger than the previous one. I have been in the Hong Kong business world for decades, but I don't have such a great influence!" Run Yifu said with some emotion.

"I'm just a businessman. I don't want my influence to be too great, otherwise it will be easy for others to take advantage of me, just like this time." Lin Haoran shook his head.

"Everything has its pros and cons. Although such a great influence has brought you some troubles, you will gain more. You don't know how lucky you are. I wonder how many people wish to have such influence!" Shao Yifu said with some envy.

"That's true." Lin Haoran nodded and didn't continue the conversation on this topic.

At six o'clock, Run Run Shaw took Lam Ho-ran to have dinner in the TVB cafeteria.

The two business tycoons, especially Lin Haoran, who is the biggest among the bigwigs with his wealth and strength, actually appeared in the company's cafeteria at the same time. This surprised many employees and they came over to greet them.

Lin Haoran even saw Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhou Runfa and others.

At that time, there were very few stars he was familiar with, and perhaps the one he knew best was Zhou Runfa.

Last year, Chow Yun-fat became an iconic TVB actor with his role as Xu Wenqiang in "The Bund".

As for Zheng Shaoqiu, he has long been a top star in Hong Kong.

As for female celebrities, Lin Haoran only knows Sister Wang Mingquan and Zhao Yazhi.

Zhao Yazhi's appearance is very good, and Lin Haoran admires her very much.

Unfortunately, Zhao Yazhi got married early and gave birth to her second child last year.

Lin Haoran is not interested in women who have husbands and children.

With his current conditions, he can get any woman he wants, so there is no need for him to learn from Cao Cao.

After dinner, Lin Haoran and Shao Yifu returned to the office to rest for a while, and the time soon came to around 6:50 in the evening.

There are only a few minutes left before Lin Haoran’s live public speech.

In the studio, a female staff member helped Lin Haoran dress.

Lin Haoran sat in a chair, waiting for seven o'clock in the evening.

At the same time, in every corner of Hong Kong, whether it is the brightly lit urban center or the quiet and peaceful rural town, the TVB Jade Channel logo is flashing on the TV screens of every household, waiting for the much-anticipated moment, Mr. Lin Haoran’s public speech.

In the afternoon, the news that Lin Haoran's Hutchison Whampoa Group had bought all five pieces of government land had spread throughout most parts of Hong Kong in just two or three hours.

Hong Kong is so small that such important news will naturally spread quickly.

At the same time as the results of the government land auction were spread, the news that Lin Haoran would give a speech on TVB Jade Channel at 7 o'clock tonight was also spread.

So, many people know that Lin Haoran will appear on TV tonight.

At this moment, in a high-end restaurant in Causeway Bay, several well-dressed wealthy people were enjoying an exquisite dinner, looking up at the wall clock from time to time and discussing in low voices the speech that was about to begin.

As celebrities in Hong Kong's upper class, they control many property assets and naturally do not want Hong Kong's housing prices to plummet as a result. So now they are full of expectations for Lin Haoran's appearance this time, hoping to hear reassuring news from this young rich man to restore citizens' confidence in Hong Kong's real estate industry.

In an ordinary residential area in Central, a family of four sat on the sofa in the living room. The children excitedly played with the toys in their hands, while the parents stared at the TV screen intently, also looking forward to Lin Haoran's speech.

Houses in Central are not cheap. They bought this house just over a year ago, and the purchase price is not much less than the current house price. So they naturally don’t want the house prices in Hong Kong to fall, which would make them feel very unbalanced.

In a luxurious villa in Kowloon Tong, several retired elderly people are sitting around a coffee table, sipping tea and chatting. The TV volume is turned up to the maximum to ensure that every word can be heard clearly.

They were curious about what Lin Haoran was about to say, and were more concerned about whether it would have a positive impact on their quality of life in their later years.

In the countryside of the New Territories, villagers finished their farm work early and gathered in front of a small shop at the entrance of the village, huddled around an old TV, excitedly discussing the speech that was about to begin.

Although their pace of life is different from that of the city and the rise and fall of real estate in Hong Kong seems to have nothing to do with them, they are also full of curiosity and expectations about Lin Haoran, a name that often appears in the news.

As the pointer slowly pointed to seven o'clock, the whole of Hong Kong seemed to be held together by an invisible force, and almost all eyes were focused on the screen of Jade Channel.

And Lin Haoran's familiar face also appeared on the TV screens of various houses on time. (End of this chapter)